New account in bio!!! (OLD ❌ ) @verydumb@witches.town

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Voids and Stars, acrylic on canvas.

Last night's project.

The strangest part of this is that it creates two parallel literacies. One that is applicable to real world settings and problems
and
one that is applicable in the context of the institution whose goal it is to train those very same literacies

Johnny can't read, according to his grades. But he can read, according to the mod he spent all night writing instead of cramming for the test about the Odyssey

And he can read the positive comments he got on it, too

"Literacy levels are falling across the board. We need to do something!"

Jenny: *moderates a fanfic community and gives constructive criticism to fellow authors, as well as being a substantive part of discussions about the canonicity of books vs movies and other intertextual matters without obvious answers*

"We are at a loss as to what to do"

"We need to teach Johnny how to read"

Johnny: *peruses a wiki to find what modifications and alterations he needs to do in order to get a specific mod to work as intended, and consults external works as a result of this, learning many things in the process*

"No, not like that"

I am reminded of that time I wrote that thing about how modern day media consumption fosters all kinds of useful skills and literacies, and how these skillsets get absolutely zero recognition in educational settings

Kids can read, and they can actively look up information in appropriate resources to solve the problems they face. Only thing is, their problems are game-related and the resources are wikis

That literacy gets no love

as of five minutes ago, the little game jam i'm hosting is LIVE: https://itch.io/jam/kasrans-kasjam

it lasts til midnight on Sunday (EST), so feel free to join if you want, or boost or whatever

hello mastodon, please boost!

i am going to be setting up a home office very soon and i would like a stand for a macbook pro (latest model) similar to what is below - best value for money! Any suggestions?

https://glitch.social/media/X1yp00Y0MJx8hH4Hm8M

@djsundog https://cybre.space/media/95uLC2SMafmKrHDiCPM

actual me: A workshop for helping with impostor syndrome? I don't know if I should go; I'm not sure I *really* have impostor syndrome

me: "im totally fine with commitment"

also me: thinks stickers are stressful because it's too much pressure to have to stick them in one place forever without being able to move them

PSST send me and @kemonine your patreons so we can boost/support you